Thursday, August 18, 2016

August is a Good Time for Ice Cream!

During those hot summer days, a little ice cream can be a refreshing treat. The above photo features the Ben & Jerry's at Friendly Center. It didn't happen to be very busy the day we were there, but this patch of space can get quite crowded, especially on the weekends when the under-20 crowd is hanging out. We also have many non-chain ice cream stores in Greensboro, as well as pop up snow cone stands and food trucks. The important thing is not where we go for our treats, but that we eat them in moderation and that we find time to spend with people we enjoy being around.

What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Do you like the trendy, complicated flavors, like Ben and Jerry's Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream, or Key Lime Pie from Ozzie's; how about the seasonal ones like peach ice cream, fresh from Candor; or, the tried and true flavors, like vanilla from Yum Yum? In July, Our State Magazine featured 30 ice cream shops that North Carolinans, love. Two Greensboro shops made the list, Yum Yum on Spring Garden Street and The Ice Queen, a Greensboro-based food truck. Homeland Creamery in nearby Julian was also nominated.* If we tried one a day, we could work our way through the State, and the list. Who's in?